The official D&D universe of The Forgotten Realms has a ton of lore and information for players to create ideas from. What this does is build a connection between the player and the character.

Classes now have four Subclasses at level three, offering more variety. Species no longer have innate ability score bonuses, increasing customization. Background features replaced with Feats, each ...

You can, however, choose a couple of skills at character creation to be ‘proficient’ at, meaning you’re just well good at it, and that adds a bonus to the dice roll you make.

Players have a lot of decisions to make when they put together a Dungeons & Dragons character. Spell choices, weapon choices and where to put ability scores influence how a character comes together ...